Appeal to President to restore robbed land [Archives:2006/945/Local News]

SANA'A, May 8 ) Two Yemeni nationals sent a letter to Mr. President appealing to him to recover his land seized by an influential person. The brothers approached the Yemen Times to highlight their case, which is one of many of the like taking place in Yemen.

Brothers Hussein and Nagi Abo Sabah sent a letter of petition to President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resolve their dispute with Ahmed Hussein Shumaila, who allegedly seized their 7480 square meters estimated at one billion riyals.

The letter read, “[We] hope that you will bring back all our rights completely and rapidly.”

They accused what the called “land mafia” of which Shumaila is just a cover. “Ahmed Hussein Shumaila is just a facade hiding behind him a powerful mafia which has been accumulating huge wealth by seizing lands owned either by the State or by citizens like us.”

The two brothers said that, despite the interventions of tribal sheiks, the dispute could not be solved because opponent is influential in the State and belongs to the tribe of the President.

They also complained that although the President gave directives to the Presidency Office Manager, the latter made little to end the dispute and address the injustice.

Throughout the letter, they reiterated their belief in the fairness of their case and their hope to find a solution to the problem.
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